Birth of the Warrior Weekend Retreat (Hybrid)
with Jan Snyder
About the Training
The sacred warrior conquers the world not through violence and aggression but through gentleness, courage, and self-knowledge. This weekend training reviews the foundation of the meditation practice and explores how habitual ways of thinking obscure the raw brilliance of the world. By opening to our own genuineness and tenderness, we learn how to work with fear to cultivate the willingness to see our deep-seated habits and defenses. This program intensifies the discipline of meditation practice, which enables us to begin seeing through obscurations of habitual patterns that we have created over time.
This program will include thorough meditation instruction, periods of meditation practice, one-on-one meetings to clarify questions, talks by senior teachers, and group discussions.
Attendance at all sessions of this weekend retreat will fulfill the requirements for Shambhala Level II training in the Way of Shambhala Series.
Hybrid Format
This program is open to both online and in-person registrations. A zoom link will be sent to registrants a few days before the program begins. If you plan to attend in-person, please use this link to send an email and the coordinator will be in touch. Shambhala Gainesville is located at 1899 NE 23rd Ave., Gainesville, FL.
No Prerequisite
Shambhala Training I: The Art of Being Human is typically a prerequisite for this training. However, Shambhala Gainesville aspires to offer the first three weekend retreats of the Way of Shambhala series on a rotating basis. Participants are welcome to take Levels I, II and III as they are able and in any order. All three weekend retreats, however, will be a requirement for attending the Level IV training.
Teacher
Jan Snyder has been the Director of Shambhala Gainesville since 2013. A clinical psychologist in private practice for over 40 years, Jan grew up and was educated in the northeast US before she moved to north central Florida in 1990.. She lives surrounded by nature in Micanopy, Florida, with her husband, several standard poodles, and lots of fish. She enjoys biking, swimming and hiking (most any activity in nature) as well as spending time with children and grandchildren and friends
